Do people still use msn? I use adium with multiple accounts from different networks (including msn). Guessing this is more for hotmail interface aka gmail video chat.

My msn contacts are never online.. more frustrating that it's going to clutter my existing skype contact list with friends or associates from years past that I never want to see or talk to.

If you never want to see them nor speak with them, and they're never online, why are they on your contacts list?

Why would I spend time managing contacts on a network/service that I rarely use.

IE - some people use myspace to communicate with select people, but would never spend time to update a friend list on a service they rarely use. Imagine if they just imported all of your friends from myspace to fb.. disaster

MSN and Y! chat are big overseas, not so much in the US from my observation over the years.

most of my msn contacts have also disappeared. And worse, many of their accounts have been taken over by spam bots.